London Fog at The Esplanade for the F1

Yes...thats right, my boys, the London Fog were invited to play during the F1 and our first gig was at the open stage at the Esplanade. Loading up from Hard Rock...we headed over to the gate near the Fullerton Hotel where our gear was buggied all the way to the Esplanade. Quite a job indeed! The boys performed quite well and drew quite a crowd though there were various technical glitches. Well....the night out on the town isn't quite over yet cause after this...is the F1 practice and qualifying! Its going to be a huge crowd and we are all totally excited about it. Michael finally got in...as well as Sylvia a little later....then....as expected...I had to run off and work to take care of my Chairman and my CEO. Probablly one of the most scary and strange moments was walking into the Williams RBS Paddock...wearing my red Ferrari T-Shirt! A spot of red in a sea of blue! Well...happy to say that Massa took pole on this one....But the track looked outstanding in the floodlights...and we all left really excited with the prospect of a Ferrari win on Race Day! Oh! And if you think the race pictures look great....I do have to say that it sure wasn't me behind the camera....its all thanks to my super special camera woman...darling Sylvia!

Mercedes Benz Stylo Party then Chivas @ RVP

Yes...its finally here....what was supposed to be "THE" party of the Grand Prix season...the Mercedes Benz STYLO party at their HQ. Was supposed to be black tie so rushed home to get into my tux and meet Sylvia who looked totally beautiful in her white dress. Booked a Mercedes taxi (cannot imagine going there in a Hyundai can I) and then walked the red carpet. Bumped into Alice there....Dr Reiner Thiel...and of course Noel and Angela turned up as well as catching Daniel Teo and Bennett. It was quite a nite out on the town with loads of champagne flowing and nearly every glam rich, powerful and influential of Singapore society in tow. Caught Ridzman Baig as well as loads of other good friends...so many that I forgot to take more pictures! Well...the nite out on the town was not over yet...and dressed in our finest...we went down to the Chivas party at one of the most unusual locations in town...the old River Valley Pool! They had spruced up the grounds...installed a huge sound system...and invited everyone and their brother and sister and cousin! It was totally massive! We squeezed into the VIP area and found a great spot next to the cooling system....and ended up hosting friends from Channel News Asia including my good friend Bhagman together with the team from Pernod Ricard together with Raymond. Really tried not to get too smashed as we had a long day the next day...but I dare say..another outstanding party by Chivas.

Singapore F1 GP Practice

Finally....the day had dawned! It was the first official day of the Singtel Singapore F1 Grand Prix! We were being hosted by the great guys from BAT up at the Honda Paddock and so we all gathered at the St Regis at 1 pm. I had even worn my vintage BAT 2003 polo shirt that Wowed everyone. Big thanks to Wayne and his team there! Rosemary from Market Development and Chan from Casino Ops were with me as we headed to the track. We got to do the pit walk.and took my fill of pictures at the Ferrari Pit (though it was closed....got to check out the track....and I even somehow wondered back down to the back of the pits! Nick Fry came up to have a chat as well as Alexander Wurtz, their test driver. The atmosphere was just sheer electric an one could tell that this was going to be a super weekend! Couldn't stay for the actual practice cause had to run off to change to my tux for the big nite out on the town at the Mercedes STYLO party. Stay tuned!!!

Red Bull @ Cafe Del Mar

One of the best parties of the whole season was the Red Bull party at Cafe Del Mar. The invites were way cool and the set up was totally happening! Loads of party people, a huge stage....and free flow of Vodka Red Bulls...and other mixed Red Bull drinks! Must say a big congrats to the Red Bull people and especially Daryll Lim, their brand manager for throwing this one. The music was really quite excellent...loads of food and great company! Met Feliza there, Bosco, Juliana, Paul Fong, Amos Boon who brough Michael with him as well as Sasi...Yvonne Pho, Janice Gan....Rachael Ling....and even some of our local football team! Both Torro Rosso and Team Red Bull turned up with Vettel, Bourdais, David Coulthart and Mark Webber swung in for a quick peek....but the highlight of this nite on the town for me was that they actually had fireworks! Talk about outstanding!!! Well...lets see what the other teams can come up with to top this!

Ferrari Club F1 Drive

The turn out was quite spectacular at Dempsey Road...more than 30 cars came for the drive that took us down Orchard Road, over to the CTE, up to the PIE then up to the new KPE tunnel...over to Changi Airport and then down the ECP straight to St James and Movida! Victor Ow was one of the main organizer while I caught a lift with Royston. We all had quite a fantastic parade down Orchard Road and got more than a few stares...how often do U hear more than 30 super cars rolling in formation down there???? It was quite a scramble on the expressways but we all managed to reconnect at Changi Airport...much to the supprise of the airport police for sure! Then we all drove in reasonable convoy down to St James. What a sight in the front carpark...full of Ferraris and Maserati's! Pop when the champagne....and after some light snacks...I ran off to the next part of my nite out on the town....

Bernard and Paul-Henri Cahier F1 Photography

Mumms was hosting a fantastic exhibition at The Cathay by renown F1 photographer Bernard Cahier and his son, Paul-Henri. I mean..these guys have been around the F1 for ages and have captured scenes that are totally fantastic. My good friend Alvin Koh was one of the events producers and happily caught Nora Tan, my mates from Pernod Ricard, Alex Tang and the Mumm's girls especially Karen Tok who I haven't seen since she left us at Thumper. Well...could not do too much bubbles cause I was heading off to the Ferrari Club drive after that to continue my big nite out on the town...but till then...CHEERS!